[.ca] Judy Martin's Ultimate Rotary Cutting Reference (ISBN 0929589041)

Life saver:
If you are mathematically challanged, this book will get you out of trouble and save fabric too. It gives measurements and instructions for cutting difficult patch sizes. A must-have reference book.

Just a bit dogmatic:
There are so many ways to quilt, so many systems, and not all work for everyone. However, this author seams (pun intended) to believe in the old saying..."My way or the highway". She is very disparaging of any method other than hers, bringing an assertive and unpleasant tone to the book. Certainly not an atmosphere conducive to learning, especially something that can be so enjoyable. I'm sorry I wasted my money!

Dissapointed:
I have to say, I was quite dissapointed by "Judy Martin's Ultimate Rotary Cutting Reference". The first thing that dissapointed me was the lack of illustrations. I saw pages and pages of nothing but print (17 pages, to be exact). I thought, "Well, maybe there are some great explanations about rotary cutting in there.", so I read. The first thing I came accross that I didn't understand was how to "subcut". I must cut, and then I must subcut. I never did find out how I was supposed to subcut. Judy Martin states that one method of cutting is better than another because then you can "backtack" the quilt pieces. Who backstitches quilt pieces? I don't, and my quilts never unravel. That's why I quilt them. There are many illustrated pages of shapes and all the different sizes to cut them. But if you have a pattern, it seems to me that it would be easier to photocopy the pattern to the size you want, and then just cut the pieces out as templates to cut along the strip of fabric you've rotary cut. There are one or two useful tips, but other than that, it seems to me to be a useless book.